Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Heraldās night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland since 2008. Before that he worked in the Press Heraldās Brunswick Bureau where he spent several years covering news in several midcoast towns from Rockland and Wiscasset to Bath and Brunswick. He also covered Bath Iron Works, the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Bowdoin College, and the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant during his years in Brunswick. When heās not hunting down criminals, politicians or law enforcement officials, Dennis enjoys spending time riding his bicycle, hiking, and cross country skiing.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2016
In battle against drugs, why does race matter?
The data fail to support the governor’s assertions, which observers say only have one goal: to inflame.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2016
Recovered El Faro audio includes captain’s order to abandon ship
Weather and navigational data are also retrieved from the vessel’s data recorder.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2016
Bar Harbor lab gets patent to develop molecule that could repair heart tissue
The molecule shows promise in helping heart attack sufferers regenerate damaged tissue, researchers say.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2016
Portland police say woman stabbed man in ‘Tent City’
The man suffers superficial wounds in the incident at a homeless encampment off Brighton Avenue.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2016
Westbrook police offer reassurance after anonymous threats against Muslims
Threatening notes with echoes of violence from their homelands leave an immigrant community feeling ‘truly traumatized.’
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PublishedAugust 18, 2016
Bowdoin lawsuit clouds sale of home linked to Harriet Beecher Stowe
A dispute over the fair market price pits the 87-year-old Florida owner of the 28 College St. house in Brunswick against the college.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2016
Portland man who wore wig in bank robberies gets 14 years in prison
Jimmy Odong robbed 3 credit unions and 2 banks and has been in custody for more than a year.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2016
N.H. man being extradited to Maine for alleged baseball bat attack
The York County sheriff says Scott Leonard, 40, also fired a gun during an assault on a motorcyclist in Parsonsfield.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2016
Lincoln County deputy indicted on 22 counts related to sexual abuse of minors
Kenneth L. Hatch, a 17-year veteran of the department and the 2015 deputy of the year, is accused of abusing three girls and furnishing one of them marijuana.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2016
Navy ship will try to retrieve data recorder from El Faro
The recovery operation will be closely watched here in Maine because several crew members had close ties to the state.
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